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Growing from a developer-first programmable telephony platform, Twilio products are now embedded in organisations big and small worldwide. About a third of the world's email goes through Twilio SendGrid, while companies like Electrolux have replaced their contact centres with Twilio Flex.

Australians are being warned to be alert this holiday season to scammers sending text messages and emails impersonating Australia Post and other well-known courier services.

If you are planning on travelling by car this holiday season the Australian Communications and Media Authority ACMA has issued a scam warning of increased reports of toll road impersonation scams in the lead up to the holiday period.

The Federal Court has decided to impose penalties totalling $6 million on Honda Australia, accepting Honda engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct, and made false or misleading representations to customers of former authorised Honda Australia dealerships Brighton Automotive Holdings Pty Ltd (Astoria), Tynan Motors Pty Ltd (Tynan) and Buick Holdings Pty Ltd (Burswood).

Twenty-one percent (21%) of Australian consumers anticipate increased cybercriminal activity during the holidays, with 87% of Aussies believing that the use of artificial intelligence by cybercriminals will impact online scams, according to a global holiday shopping scam study by online protection company McAfee.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has warned unsuspecting consumers to beware of scammers impersonating family members using text or WhatsApp messages to try and steal money or financial information.

Australians have been warned about text messages being sent out publically with job offers that are likely to be scams.

Phone calls were the most common contact method used by scammers to target victims in 2021, while text messages were the second-highest contact method used by scammers.

The ACMA is advising consumers to continue to be wary of parcel delivery SMS and email messages with unusual looking links or requests to pay a fee to complete delivery. These messages may be scams.

Scammers are using telephone calls, SMS messages and emails to take advantage of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout.

Australians have been warned to be careful when buying gifts this holiday season as losses to online shopping scams have already increased 42% this year as the country enters the busy Christmas-New Year period.

Over $1.26 million has been lost by Australians to government impersonation scams, according to a new report from the ACCC’s Scamwatch service.

GUEST OPINION: Most Australian businesses have deployed tools and services to improve their IT security, yet many remain vulnerable due to one key factor: human beings.

GUEST OPINION: Most Australian businesses have deployed tools and services to improve their IT security, yet many remain vulnerable due to one key factor: human beings.

NBN impersonations have been revealed as by far the most reported scam for 2019, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

Scamming of mobile phone users with premium service texts has already cost Aussies $44,179 this year alone – and $153,197 in losses since 2015.

For the first time the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has decided on a price for mobile network operators to charge for receiving SMS messages, today setting a price of 0.03 cents per SMS.

With wearables delivering actionable fitness, information and lifestyle benefits, Telstra has decided now’s the time to offer the public an affordable range across 370 stores.

Closely monitoring your child's mobile phone or tablet use is a contentious issue. But if it is something you believe you should be doing and you trust an overseas company with your child's communications data and metadata, then the TeenSafe monitoring software is now available in Australia.

Internode has added NodeMobile mobile phone plans to its product roster, offering a generous amount of social media specific data.